Shade-bracket.



1L ARNOLD. SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED .DEO. 26, 1908.

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HERMAN ARNOLD, OF GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT.

SHADE-BRACKET.

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' 7 Application filed December To all whom it may c mcern.

, Be it known that l, HERMAN ARNOLD, citizen of the United States,residing at Greenwich, in, the county ofFairfield and State of,Coni'iecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements inShade-Brackets, of which I 1 the following is a specification.

My nvention pertains to shade brackets adapted to be adjusted to fitshade rollers of various lengths; and it consists in the peculiar andadvantageous adjustable bracket hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, accompanying and formmg part of this specification:Figure 1 1s a perspective view showing a shade bracket "constructed inaccordance with my invention, as properly arranged on a window frame.Fig. 2 1s a front elevation of the bracket body. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof said body. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the adjustable member of thebracket. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same. I I

Similar letters designate" corresponding parts in all of the views ofthe drawings, re-

ferring to which A 's a ortion of a window frame and B is thebody of mynovel bracket, which is designedto be fixed on the face of the frame bynails or screws passed through apertures a, in

its rearwardly rojecting end portions 1).

- The said projecting portions 6 bear against I the face of the windowframe A, and conse- "quently a space 0 is afforded between said faceandthe; intermediate portion at of the body, which intermediate portionis provided with an o ening e and notches gin the lower wall f of t eopening, for an important purpose hereinafter set forth.

My novel bracket comprises the body B and the adjustable member 0. Thesaid adjustable member 0, like the body B, is formed of a single pieceofmetal or other suitable material, and has a'forwardly reachingportion h,an enlargement or flange i at the rear end thereof, a recess in thelower edge of the portion h, and a flange 76 extending laterally fromone side of the portion 72 at a point immediatelyin front of the recess3.

In the practical use of my novel bracket,

the parts are relatively arranged as shown in Fig. lthat is to say, withthe enlargement 1 or flange t of the adjustablemember C in the space 0back of the intermediate portion (1 of the body B, and the portion h ofsaid member C extending forwardly through the opening c'in the body andso that the recessed part j Specification of Letters Patent.

l is seated in one of the notches g of the body, and the flange 76 restsin front of the body and against the forward or outer side thereof.

JJhen the member 0 is laced as stated in the body B, the member gwill besupported by the body and securely held against movement in thedirection of the length of the body, this being due to the seating ofthe recessed part 3' in one of the notches g of the body. It will alsobe observed that when the member C is placed as stated, the en largementor flange t, close against the rear side of the body wall f, and theflange is: close elude lateral swinging or casual movement of saidmember and render the connection between the same and the body rigid andstrong as is desirable.

i hen it is desired to adjust the member C in and lengthwise of the bodyB to fit said member 0 to a particular shade roller, it is simplynecessary to raise the member until the upper wall of its recess j isabove the upperedge of the body wall f, and then move the memberlaterally in the direction of the length of the body to the pointdesired, and then move the member downwardly to seat it in the adjacentnotch g of the body, in which position it will be retained by its ownweight and the weight of a shade roller when the latter is engaged withit.

While the bracket illustrated is shown as provided in its member C witha circular aperture, it will be obvious that the member may be providedwith either a circular aperture or an angular aperture according to theside of a window frame on which the bracket is to be used, or else maybe provided with any other suitable means to receive an end appurtenanceof a shade roller.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the recess j in the memberportion 7L renders it unnecessary to make the opening 0 unduly high andin that way contributes to the compactness and strength of the bracket;also, that the front wall of said recess j serves by bearing against thefront side of the body to assist in preventing sagging of the forwardend of the member O.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

In a shade bracket, the combination with a body having an opening, thelower wall of which is horizontal, and also having vertical notches insaid lower wall, at intervals in the against the front side of said wallf, will pre- I length thereof; of an adjustable member I in one of thenotches of the body, the body having a flange disposed back of the bodywill rest snugly between the two flanges of and a portion extendingforwardly from said the adjustable member. flange and through theopening in the body, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a and alsohaving a recess in the lower edge of my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- 15 the said portion, and a flange extending lat- 5nesses. erally from the portion and separated from HERMAN ARNOLD. thefirst named flange by a space correspond- Witnesses: ing to thethickness of the body, whereby ALBERT S. MEAD,

0 when the portion above the recess is seated 1 MAX R. TAYLOR.

